I like hold and purge as separate parameters for readability (which translates to being easier to parse with external scripts if necessary).
Trevor On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Daniele Sluijters < [email protected]> wrote: > If we go down this road, how does 'purged' fit in. Should we have purge => > true, or ensure => 'purged'? > > > On Wednesday, 26 March 2014 19:12:33 UTC+1, Jesse Hathaway wrote: > >> In my discussion with @adrienthebo on my pull request: >> https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/pull/2309 I raised the question of >> what should be the allowable or suggested values for the ensure property? >> >> My pull request separated out the hold state into a separate property: >> >> before: >> >> package { 'foo': >> ensure => held >> } >> >> >> after: >> >> package { 'foo': >> ensure => '0.4', >> hold => false >> } >> >> >> @adrienthebo suggested I separate out the version instead: >> >> package { 'foo': >> ensure => held, >> version => '0.4', >> } >> >> >> @adrienthebo's suggestion is certianly doable, my question is whether the >> puppet community has come to a consensus on what values the ensure property >> should have? >> >> In general my experience has been that adding additional values to ensure >> for resources makes using a resource less intuitive. For instance I find >> the file resource has a confusing interface because of the way it abuses >> the ensure property: >> >> file {'/foo': >> ensure => file, >> } >> >> file {'/foo': >> ensure => directory, >> } >> >> >> I would rather have explicit resources: >> >> directory {'/foo': >> ensure => present >> } >> >> >> What are the communities thoughts? >> >> -Jesse Hathaway >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-dev/8af42114-8ec1-4d85-9000-096031d98e9a%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-dev/8af42114-8ec1-4d85-9000-096031d98e9a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Trevor Vaughan Vice President, Onyx Point, Inc (410) 541-6699 [email protected] -- This account not approved for unencrypted proprietary information -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-dev/CANs%2BFoXRc2VkaL%2BysqTPuKZ5FoGTQ%2Bnt6nRgNz7%3DDd%3DjTiJsiQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
